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Cupidinimus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Cupidinimus Wood
1935Perognathoides Wood
1997Cupidinimus McKenna and Bell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderCastorimorpha
superfamilyGeomyoideaBonaparte 1845
familyHeteromyidaeGray 1868
genusCupidinimus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Cupidinimus Wood 1935
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†Cupidinimus avawatzensis Barnosky 1986
†Cupidinimus boronensis Whistler 1984
†Cupidinimus halli Wood 1936
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Invalid names: Peridiomys kelloggi Wood 1936 [synonym], Perognathoides madisonensis Dorr, Jr. 1956 [synonym]
†Cupidinimus lindsayi Barnosky 1986
†Cupidinimus magnus Kellogg 1910
†Cupidinimus prattensis Korth 1998
†Cupidinimus robinsoni Korth and Kron 2020
†Cupidinimus tertius Hall 1930
†Cupidinimus whitlocki Barnosky 1986
Invalid names: Perognathoides Wood 1935 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: granivoref
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:09:37
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Hemingfordian to the top of the Blancan or 20.43000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (106 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) C. sp. (17843)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) C. halli (19579) C. sp. (19578)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Montana) C. sp. (19000)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Nebraska) C. nebraskensis (18259 18313 18350)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (California) C. boronensis (19194) C. lindsayi (167840 167842 167845)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (California) C. boronensis (19139)
Late/Upper Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Heteromyidae indet. (17889)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian - Early/Lower Barstovian20.43 - 12.5USA (Utah) C. sp. (18915)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5Canada (Saskatchewan) Perognathoides kleinfelderi (18759)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nevada) Perognathoides sp. (19088)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) C. nebraskensis (18027 18031 18090 18102 18121 18164 18192 18206 18208 18209 18240 18261 18275 18376 18435 18442 18454 18498) C. nebraskensis, Perognathoides cuyamensis (18284) C. nebraskensis, Perognathoides sp. (18165 18332) C. sp. (18141 27481) Perognathoides sp. (18353)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (South Dakota) C. smaragdinus (18397)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) C. eurekensis (19423) C. eurekensis, C. lindsayi, Perognathoides halli (19321) C. halli, C. lindsayi (19141 19305 19585 214888 214889) C. lindsayi (19313 19549) C. nebraskensis (19170 19173 19363 19526) Perognathoides eurekensis, Perognathoides halli (19343) Perognathoides halli (19184 19282 19283 19284 19527 19561) Perognathoides halli, C. nebraskensis (19174 19193 19271 19279 19280 19281 19304 19416 19430 19522 19523 19550 19557 19558 19560)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Wyoming) C. sp. (18868 18990)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (New Mexico) C. kleinfelderi (19547)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) C. halli (19564)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Montana) C. eurekensis, C. madisonensis, Perognathoides madisonensis (18803)
early Late Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Montana) C. sp. (18848)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) C. sp. (18452 188779)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Oregon) C. sp. (18820)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (South Dakota) C. sp. (18268)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nevada) Perognathoides cuyamensis, Perognathoides quartus (18845) Perognathoides quartus, Perognathoides tertius (18888)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (California) C. avawatzensis, C. tertius (19384) C. sp. (19322 19323 19324) C. sp., Perognathoides tertius (19145) C. tertius (19383 19517)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) C. prattensis (18327) C. sp., C. sp. (18066)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Texas) C. sp. (18097)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oregon) Pliosaccomys magnus (18807 18944)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (California) C. lindsayi (19309) C. sp. (19569)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nevada) C. magnus (19095)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Arizona) Perognathoides bidahochiensis (19610)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) C. bidahochiensis (19715 19719)